The move that made the difference for Neeraj Chopra
The Hindu
Measuring equipment did not record his 83-plus throw correctly
Returning to the international circuit after nearly one and half years, javelin star Neeraj Chopra felt his throws were good at the City of Lisbon athletics meet in Portugal on Saturday. But strangely, the measuring equipment told a very different story. “I felt there were some problems with the measurement. Despite good throws, the measuring equipment was not showing that. I felt that with my first two legal throws (first and fourth) but I did not object to that,” Chopra told The Hindu from the Portuguese capital on Friday. And then he came up with a move that made a big difference. “Before the last throw, I told physio Ishaan to go near the 80m line to find out whether there was a problem with the distance. And when I threw, it looked something like 83m but they said it was just 78m so I told them to measure with a measuring tape. They measured and realised that it was an 83-plus throw.”More Related News